Adjustable window cleaning device for washing and drying both window surfaces from within the room

ABSTRACT

A hollow U-shaped holder has a handle at the end of one arm thereof and has the other arm thereof for the greater part of its length inward from the outer end thereof rectangular in crosssection and receptive of a complementary bar which is the stem of a T-shaped slide. The cross-member portion of the slide has on one side thereof a sponge-like pad and on the other side thereof a window wiper. Each side of a window pane may thus be first washed by the pad and then wiped dry by the wiper, without requiring the user to reach through or get outside the window. Releasable locking means on the open upper end of the said other arm permits withdrawal of the bar to turn it through an angle of 180* and reinsert it into the arm and locking it in any desired extended or retracted position.

.- United States Patent 1 Sunskes Nov. 6, 1973 [76] Inventor:

Max Sunskes, 160 W. 231st St., New York, NY. 10463 [22] Filed: Sept. 5, 1972 [21] Appl. No.: 286,039

[52] 11.8. CI. 15/121, 15/143 B, 15/220 R, 279/54, 287/58 CT [51] Int. Cl A471 1/08 [58] Field of Search 15/103, 114,117,

15/121, 143 B, 144 A, 220 R, 232, 244 A, 250.11; 279/18, 41, 54, 83; 287/58 CT; 306/41 Great Britain 15/232 Great Britain 15/220 R Primary Examiner-Daniel Blum Attorney-Frank Ledermann [57] ABSTRACT A hollow U-shaped holder has a handle at the end of one arm thereof and has the other arm thereof for the greater part of its length inward from the outer end thereof rectangular in cross-section and receptive of a complementary bar which is the stem of a T-shaped slide The cross-membefportion ofth e slide has on one side thereof a sponge-like pad and on the other side thereof a window wiper. Each side of a window pane may thus be first washed by the pad and then wiped dry by the wiper, without requiring the user to reach through or get outside the window. Releasable locking means on the open upper end of the said other arm permits withdrawal of the bar to turn it through an angle of 180 and reinsert it into the arm and locking it in any desired extended or retracted position.

4 Claims, 9 Drawing Figures ADJUSTABLE-WINDOW CLEANING DEVICE FOR WASHING AND DRYING BOTHWINDOW SURFACES FROM WITHIN THE ROOM As the instant device permits the user to first wash and then dry each window surface without having to get or reach outside the window to clean the outer window surface, it is a safety device, as is set forth below.

Referring to the drawing,

FIG. 1 is a fragmentary perspective view ofa window showing the instant device partly in phantom, partly broken away and partly in section, with the device applied to the window pane in a position so that the outer surface of the pane may be washed by a pad.

FIG. 2 is a fragmentary elevational view of the upper end portion of the window cleaning device, with the slide bar positioned at a 180 degree angle to its position shown in FIG. I so that the wiper element may be applied to the outer surface of the window pane to wipe it dry.

FIG. 3 is a view taken along the line 33 of FIG. 2, partly broken away and partly in section.

FIG. 4 is a slightly enlarged sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of FIG. 2, showing the screw-carrying locking sleeve in top plan view.

FIG. 5 is a fragmentary selctional view taken on the line 5-5 of FIG. 4.

FIG. 6 is a fragmentary side view of the upper end portion per se of one arm of the hollow holder.

FIG. 7 is a view taken along the line 77 of FIG.2.

FIG. 8 a fragmentary view similar to FIG. 2' but omitting parts shown in FIG. 2 and partly broken away and in section.

FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken on the line 9-9 of FIG. 6.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral 10 designates a manually operable hollow U-shaped metallic device, one arm 11 of which has a handle portion 12 on one end thereof. The other arm 13 is for the greater part of its length inward from the outer end thereof rectangular in cross-section. A flat metallic T- shaped slide member 14 is composed of an elongated stem or bar portion 140 having its cross-section complementary to the rectangular interior of the arm portion 13, and a top cross-member or head'portion' 14b.

Grommets, rivets or the like 15 secure two relatively large discs 16, preferably formed ofrubber or a plastic material, to the head portion 14b near the ends of the latter. A flat-surfaced sponge-like pad 17 which is, as is customary, preferably formed ofa plastic material, is adhered to the discs 16 by a suitable cement.

On the opposite side of the head portion 14b and the adjacent portion of the stem 14a, a pair of right-angleshaped supports 18 and 19, respectively, have their base portions or wings 18a and 19a, respectively, secured by rivets, grommets or the like 34, in the positions shown, with their two other wings 20 and 21, respectively, positioned mutually parallel and closely spaced from each other. A metallic wiper support strip 22 is positioned between the wings 20 and 21 and secured thereo by a rivet or grommet or the like 35. This strip has formed along its entire outer edge a clamp 24 in which is clamped and registers the lower edge of a rubber wiper 25.

At its outer end the arm 13 has its two opposed narrower walls 26 provided with complementary aligned cut-outs 27, thus converting the two opposed end portions of its wider walls 28 onto flexible jaws 29. Each such jaw has its outer extremity deformed into an outwardly extending flange 30. A rectangular sleeve 31, complementary to the outer rectangular outline of the arm 13, has a threaded hole through one of the sides thereof adjacent one of the jaws 29. A wing screw 32 registers in this hole and upon tightening of the screw it urges one jaw 29 (the lower, FIG. 4) toward the other against the stem 14a. Thus, to whatever distance the stem is slid outward from the arm 13, it may be firmly locked in position by tightening the screw. The two flanges 30 prevent the sleeve 31 from sliding outward from the two jaws. To prevent the sleeve from sliding downward on the arm 13, the base portions of the two 15 jaws are deformed outward to provide rounded bulges or stops 33.

FIG. 1 illustrates the instant device held in position (as by a person standing within the room) to wash the outer surface of a window pane by applying the wetted pad to the surface. To wipe the same surface dry with the wiper, the screw 32 loosened and the member 14 lifted out of the arm 13 and then, after turning it through an angle of is reinserted and lockedin position. Thus the wiper will face the said surface. The application of the device to wash and wipe the inner window surface is obvious.

The rivets, grommets or the like which secure the base wings 18a and 19a to the T-shaped slide 14 are designated by the numerals 34, and the one that passes through the wings 20 and 21 and the wiper support strip 22, FIG. 8, bears the numeral 35. I

What is claimed is as follows:

1. A window cleaning device consisting of a U- shaped holder having a handle at the end of one arm thereof, the otherarm thereof being hollow and rectangular in cross-section for the greater part of its length inward from the outer end thereof, a T-shaped slide consisting of an elongatedrectangular stem complementary to and slidably mounted in the rectangular portion' of said other arm and a cross-member at the upper end thereof, said cross-member having a flatsurfaced pad secured to one side thereof and a window wiper secured to the other-side thereof, means securing said pad to said cross-member, means securing said wiper to said cross-member, one pair of the opposed walls of said other arm having aligned cut-outs extending inward a short distance from said outer end thereby converting into opposed flexible jaws the outer end portions of the other pair-of said walls, a rectangular sleeve surrounding said jaws, said sleeve having a threaded hole in a wall thereof which is adjacent one of said jaws, a screw registering in said hole and being adapted to engage said one jaw to lock said stem between said jaws, and means confining said sleeve to the position in which it surrounds said jaws.

2. A window cleaning device according to claim 1, said last-named means consisting of outwardly extending flanges on the outer ends of said jaws and outwardly extending bulges in the bases of said jaws.

3. A window cleaning device according to claim 1, said first-named means consisting of spaced enlarged discs of flexible material secured against said crossmember and cement securing said pad to said discs.

4. A window cleaning device according to claim 1, said second-named means consisting of a pair of rightangleshaped supports, one of said supports having one wing thereof secured to said cross-member intermedislide and registering in the space between said two other wings, rivet means extending through both said other wings and said strip, the edge of said strip remote from said cross-member having a clamp therein extending the length of said edge, said wiper having one edge thereof registering in said clamp. 

1. A window cleaning device consisting of a U-shaped holder having a handle at the end of one arm thereof, the other arm thereof being hollow and rectangular in cross-section for the greater part of its length inward from the outer end thereof, a T-shaped slide consisting of an elongated rectangular stem complementary to and slidably mounted in the rectangular portion of said other arm and a cross-member at the upper end thereof, said cross-member having a flat-surfaced pad secured to one side thereof and a window wiper secured to the other side thereof, means securing said pad to said cross-member, means securing said wiper to said cross-member, one pair of the opposed walls of said other arm having aligned cut-outs extending inward a short distance from said outer end thereby converting into opposed flexible jaws the outer end portions of the other pair of said walls, a rectangular sleeve surrounding said jaws, said sleeve having a threaded hole in a wall thereof which is adjacent one of said jaws, a screw registering in said hole and being adapted to engage said one jaw to lock said stem between said jaws, and means confining said sleeve to the position in which it surrounds said jaws.
 2. A window cleaning device according to claim 1, said last-named means consisting of outwardly extending flanges on the outer ends of said jaws and outwardly extending bulges in the bases of said jaws.
 3. A window cleaning device according to claim 1, said first-named means consisting of spaced enlarged discs of flexible material secured against said cross-member and cement securing said pad to said discs.
 4. A window cleaning device according to claim 1, said second-named means consisting of a pair of right-angle-shaped supports, one of said supports having one wing thereof secured to said cross-member intermediate the length of the cross-member with the other wing thereof extending outward from said cross-member, the other of said supports having one wing thereof secured to a portion of said stem adjacent the cross-member with its other wing positioned close to and parallel with said first-named other wing, a metal strip positioned at right angles to the plane of said T-shaped slide and registering in the space between said two other wings, rivet means extending through both said other wings and said strip, the edge of said strip remote from said cross-member having a clamp therein extending the length of said edge, said wiper having one edge thereof registering in said clamp. 